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EXTENDED: The Genetics of Drug Resistance (and Design) with Caroline Simmons
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Innhold levert av Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
The malaria parasite is becoming increasingly resistant to the drugs we use against it.
Caroline Simmons, a geneticist at the University of South Florida, is trying to understand what's driving this. By creating mutants of the parasite, and testing drugs against them, she's piecing together the complex puzzle of antimalarial drug resistance.
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